With interviews, artist spotlights, articles, and tips for navigating online content restrictions, the DDA Newsletter helps keep readers informed about the intersections of artistic expression and digital rights.

 

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End of Year: 2024 in Review
Reviewing our successes and efforts in 2024

New Report Form: November 2024
ANNOUNCING: Artist Instagram Account Status Survey & Report Form!

Issue #12: November 2024
PANOPTICON EFFECT workshop announcement, & interview with Liza Shkirando

Issue #11: August 2024
Announcing: Freemuse State of Artistic Freedom Report 2024 contribution!

Issue #9: May 2024
What does internet censorship look like? & Warning: “Potential Spam” on Instagram!

End of Year Roundup 2023: December 2023
Looking back on a powerful year fighting for artistic expression online, including launching our Manifesto, features in panels and publications, and debuting our online shop!

ISSUE #8: November 2023
Panel on Artistic Expression and the Fight Against Online Censorship, Year in Review, and DDA’s Emma Shapiro on Women As/In Art podcast, and more!

ISSUE #7: October 2023
On changes in the Digital Landscape, Proposed Internet Legislation, DDA’s new Store, Spotlight on Jessa Fairbrother, and upcoming event with the Woodhull Freedom Foundation

GUEST CURATOR EDITION: May 2023
DDA Guest Curator Annie Brown on the Creators who are Pushed to the Margins of the Internet

SPECIAL EDITION: May 2023
On “Downranking”, Instagram’s new “Recommendations Guidelines,” and our Questions for Meta

ISSUE #6: December 2022
On the Shadowban, Interview with Annie Brown, and Spotlight on Iness Rychlick


ISSUE #5: October 2022
Interview with Robert Andy Coombs, Spotlight on Dredd Scott, and DDA’s Emma Shapiro at Unit London’s Navigating Sensitive Content panel

ISSUE #4: August 2022
Spotlight on Artists at Risk Connection, DDA’s Jake Neuberger on the deterioration of digital spaces and the state-led erasure of dissident voices, and Spotlight on Dinesh Sahoo

ISSUE #3: July 2022
The overturning of Roe v. Wade, and artists of HANDS OFF MY CUNTRY respond in their own words

ISSUE #2: April 2022
On “sexual solicitation” and FOSTA-SESTA, Interview with AdeY, and Spotlight on DDA Guest Curator Gala Garrido

ISSUE #1: March 2022
Interview with Tiffany Cole, feature on Clarity Haynes, and DDA’s Savannah Spirit on “The Tao of Art and Censorship”